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Public Service Announcement
Lisa
Lisa
September 8th, 2008
            

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!  It’s the new Fall TV Season!  While others are picking out cute jackets and boots to wear in the crisp, outdoor weather, or watching the leaves change from bright green to a myriad of orange, yellow, and red hues, you will be preparing for winter.  Like a diligent bushy-tailed squirrel, you will be storing your acorns of stories for times of famine.

Although I don’t agree with the term “TV Addict,” (I can stop whenever I want to!) I will use their services as a reference when I tell my DVR what to record this season.  Check out when/what you should record here.

Don’t forget to record a show or two you don’t have time to watch this season.  That way, during the Thanksgiving or Christmas vacation, or even as far in advance as next summer, you will have something new and complete to watch.  I don’t mean to be so bossy, fanatical, whatever, I just want the whole world to have good TV to get us all through the hard times because things will get crazy.  The season will be interrupted by reruns and you, my little grasshopper, you’ll want to be prepared. There will be a lot of politics covered on TV and this will bring a lot of new stories and yelling and exposes.  I do love a good expose, but it comes with an uncomfortable price, a lot of tension, and some awkward Access Hollywood clips (are they entertainment news or political news?  Choose a side–I’m confused!  Red carpet fashion or bombings in Iraq?).  But you can get through it.  We can all get through it with a little help from our DVRs.  (I don’t want to throw this in your face, but remember when you had to watch three different Law and Orders just because that was all that was on?  I’m just sayin’. . .)

Kacy says: You can't fault me for my Law and Order smorgasbord. That's like making fun someone for having to eat just Potato Purls when famine strikes. Sure, it's just Potato Purls--but it is a LOT of Potato Purls and that has to count for something. That said, I am going to be so glad during re-runs that I have added freeze dried eggs and simulated beef protein to my larder because Potato Purls (while delicious!) do get old.

8 Responses to “Public Service Announcement”
  1. Liz says:

    September 9th, 2008 at 6:00 am

    Lisa, you are a girl after my own heart! How smart you are to prepare for the down times, a rainy day, if you will. My only concern is that I have no DVR! I am still stuck in the 80’s with a VCR. Maybe I’ll buy my husband a DVR for his birthday in a couple of weeks! I’d, I mean HE’d, love that! And maybe I’d even use it to record his favorite shows, too! Thanks for the reminder to ‘be prepared’, we can never hear that enough!

  2. Lisa says:

    September 9th, 2008 at 8:21 am

    I don’t mean to tell you what to do (yeah, right), but in some cases you can get one for free. It usually involved switching service providers, but your tv service could be cheaper. I know “there’s no such thing as a free lunch,” but I think you should, like Kacy, consider the cost of whatever lunch you have now. (that sounds weird, but you catch my drift, right?)

  3. mormonhermitmom says:

    September 9th, 2008 at 11:00 am

    No cable, no dish, no sattelite, no DVR, and frankly I’m fine with that. After the 1st season of Enterprise, it seemed that TV went so far down the gutter I could smell the sewer gases. PBS for me thanks – I get enough TV fix from that most nights – unless it’s an Olympic year of course.

  4. Emmie says:

    September 9th, 2008 at 5:05 pm

    Lisa, I do remember when I had to watch three Law and Orders in a row because that was all that was on. That was a dark day indeed, my friend. Thank you for the timely reminder to warm up my TiVo and get to work.

  5. Angela says:

    September 9th, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    I’d like to share my testimony of TiVo. We actually watch less TV now because we only watch shows that we actually WANT to watch. It’s been awesome for the kids too. I keep about 5 episodes of several of their favorite shows and it really comes in handy. Like when my two year old just won’t calm down, Teletubbies are there 24/7 to calm his troubled heart.

  6. christy says:

    September 9th, 2008 at 5:40 pm

    AMEN Angela! I bought my hubby a DVR years ago with Dish Network (because it was a next to free kind of special), but I never realized how much I would LOVE it! I only watch shows I really like because I record them and since I can never sit down and watch them live, I get to skip through commercials when it’s time to watch. So, no more ED commercials for me or my kids! I also keep a handful of my toddlers favorite tv shows on hand just for those times when nick jr isn’t accessable on tv.

  7. haileyjsmith says:

    September 9th, 2008 at 10:31 pm

    Wow, what Angela says is truth, and I’m going to take it a step further. Not only does Tivo cut down on my total TV time, Tivo makes me a better mother. There, I said it. There was a dark time when I would frantically race through bedtime stories, trying to get out of my daughter’s bedroom in just one commercial break during Alias. Poor child. Now, I can spend as much time as I want fulfilling my little ones’ needs and I know that Tivo will be patiently waiting. Maybe it seems warped to you, but it works for this mom. Also, Sesame Street doesn’t come one until one–um, isn’t that when toddlers are sleeping? So another reason why you need Tivo.

  8. yellowballoon3 says:

    September 11th, 2008 at 7:52 pm

    And how did we ever potty train without TIVO? I was so grateful to be able to pause my child’s favorite show, so he could go to the bathroom and spend all the time he needed…

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